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WILLIAMSON â Action In Mingo (AIM) has announced Thursday-Sunday, Sept. 16-19, as the dates for this yearâs King Coal Festival in downtown Williamson.
AIM Vice President Tina Turk made the announcement during the Williamson City Councilâs regular session Thursday, April 22, saying that the festival will be held this year in light of Gov. Jim Justiceâs decision to lift the ban on fairs and festivals in West Virginia effective May 1.
According to Turk, the festival will kick off with a pet show at the gazebo in front of the softball field at West End on Thursday, Sept. 16. Registration will be at 5:45 p.m. with judging beginning at 6 p.m.
WEST VIRGINIA â The staff of Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College, on all of its campuses, showed support for âCollegiate Recovery Dayâ by wearing purple on April 15.
The message was a simple one, âWe support students in recovery and the programs that help them succeed in college.â
The West Virginia Collegiate Recovery Network, a program of the Marshall University Research Corporationâs Alliance for the Economic Development of Southern West Virginia, collaborated with schools and organizations across the state to celebrate National Collegiate Recovery Day on April 15.
Nearly a dozen organizations and institutions in West Virginia participated, including Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College; Bridge Valley Community and Technical College; Concord University; Marshall University; West Virginia State University; West Virginia University; Movable: Narratives of Recovery; the West Virginia Drug Intervention Institute; Com
LOGAN â While the City of Loganâs Easter gathering was delayed by a week, it still attracted an energetic crowd to the former Sayer Building lot downtown on Wednesday, April 7.
More than 30 churches, community organizations and businesses participated, providing eggs, candy and activities for more than 100 children.
Brayden Belcher â currently the mascot for Mingo Central High School â played the role of Easter Bunny.
Logan City Clerk Amber Miller-Belcher said the city wanted to do something âto bring the community together.â
âWe had a tough year in 2020, so we just wanted to have something where parents could come out with their kids and have a good time,â Miller-Belcher said. âOverall, we had a good turnout.â